06 May 2014

Martin Parsons: The Trojan horse – Islamism is a strategy, not an abberation by individuals

.... I would suggest that the underlying problem here is that many public bodies operate with a deficient understanding of Islamism. In particular, the paradigm they operate with sees radical Islamism as a misinterpretation of Islam followed by a few misguided individuals. There are two basic problems with this:

.... related to this is an assumption that Islamism is something that is followed by a few misguided individuals. It is not: it is a strategy that is being pursued by Islamists not just in Britain, but in many other countries around the world.

In 1991, the Muslim Brotherhood in North America produced a strategy for the Islamisation of North America, which essentially aimed at islamising every area of public life including education and the media. [ConservativeHome] Read more